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NGC3188
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:19:42.9
Declination: +57:25:23
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, r
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3188
17.5" (4/9/94): surprisingly faint, small, round, diffuse, unconcentrated except for extremely faint star superimposed at center or a very faint stellar nucleus, appears to have an irregular surface brightness. Two faint stars just off edges; a mag 14.5 star 0.6' NW of center and a mag 15 star 0.6' E of center also confuse the observation. Forms a close double with NGC 3188A 0.7' WSW (not seen).